LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Unsung heroes: Vincent Rafter
Vincent was part of the team that set up Lough Ree Lifeboat Station in 2012 – and his involvement with the RNLI goes back even further
Vincent was part of the team that set up Lough Ree Lifeboat Station in 2012 – and his...
Category: Articles
New Assistant Secretary Appointed
MR. J. R. ATTERTON, has been appointed Assistant Secretary of the Institution.
Mr. Atterton, who is aged 44, first joined the Institution's staff in 1936 and worked in the Chief Inspector's depart- ment, and...
Category: Committee
Below: London's Police Relied on Thames Specials,
Below: London's police relied on Thames Specials, volunteers with a good knowledge of boat handling. Three steam launches were stationed at the pier, the one pictured here was named Chowkidar after an Indian night watchman.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Faced With the Problem of Transporting a 35Ft Mast Ten Miles from Venton to the Yacht He Is Building at Oreston Peter Compton Turned the Exercise Into a Fund-Raising
Faced with the problem of transporting a 35ft mast ten miles from Venton to the yacht he is building at Oreston, Peter Compton turned the exercise into a fund-raising event. The sponsored marchers, who raised £125 for Plymouth lifeboat... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Coxswain Goes Aboard
Coxswain J. Dumble, of Sheringham, Norfolk, getting into an aeroplane.
The Coastal Command of the Royal Air Force which protects our coasts, shipping and fishing fleets from attack from the air (and has been nicknamed the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Services of the Life-Boats In October, November and December, 1956. Lives Rescued 72
OCTOBER DURING October life-boats were launched on service 56 times and rescued 37 lives.
TWO YACHTS ESCORTED TO MEVAGISSEY Fowey, Cornwall.—At two o'clock on the afternoon of the 1st of October, 1956, the Polruan...
Category: Services
A Helicopter
Tynemouth, and Cullercoats, Northum- berland. At 2.10 on the afternoon of the 5th August, 1961, the life-boat Tynesider stationed at Tynemouth was launched on a routine combined exer- cise with a helicopter from No. 228 Squadron, R.A.F....
Rock
ROCK -'... The building is tucked into the sand dunes behind the beach to minimise its impact on this sensitive landscape. Although its prime purpose is functional, it has successfully provided a focus for the local maritime... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Manzoni
OC T . 2 8 T H . - WALMER, KENT. At 7.55 P.M. the Deal coastguard reported that two steamers had been in collision near the Fork Buoy. A strong squally N.N.E. wind was blowing, with a rough sea. The motor life-boat Charles Dibdin (Civil...
Two Canoes
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Nor- folk. At 2.6 on the afternoon of the 26th of November, 1960, the coast- guard learnt from the police that two canoes had capsized in Breydon Water.
This information was passed by the...